Our Vision

The Clinica Verde building concept promotes a philosophy of "sustainable" design. The building design takes advantage of natural day lighting, passive cooling, water conservation, and solar electric energy generation. The floor plan of the building and site plan are laid out with areas that enhance "socially sustainable" functions as well as those inherently required for clinic operational efficiency. A program for training entry-level community healthcare workers will be implemented. Educational programs for women in the areas of family planning, prenatal health, birthing, infant care and nutrition are planned. An organic garden will be used as a teaching tool for women and family members to learn about planning, growing and cultivating produce with the intent that they will utilize this knowledge to enhance their own gardening methods at home. A demonstration kitchen will be used to teach new, healthy ways of preparing food. There will be a vendors' area adjacent to the clinic where women will be able to market the produce they grow, or other wares.

Clinic Verde is designed by LEED-certified architect Bill Bylund of Valley Architects in St. Helena, California.